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The Royal Air Force’s men’s and women’s rugby teams are preparing for their “biggest game of the year” as they get ready for a head-to-head clash at Kingsholm Stadium this Saturday. The RAF are hoping to continue their winning steak against the Army after claiming heir first ever victory against the rivals back in 2019. […]
International pairing Chris Harris and Mark Atkinson will play together in the centres for the first time since January as Gloucester Rugby play host to Worcester Warriors this Friday at Kingsholm. In addition to this, George Skivington has made two more changes to his starting XV with Adam Hastings and Val Rapava-Ruskin in the line-up, […]
Eddie Jones has made a trio changes to the side which started in the 23-19 victory over Wales ahead of what he has described as a ‘semi-final’ against Ireland. Joe Marchant comes in at outside-centre for Elliot Daly, who drops to the bench whilst Sam Simmonds starts ahead of Alex Dombrandt who scored England’s only […]
Gloucester Rugby could leapfrog top four rivals this weekend with a win over Sale on Saturday. Off the back of a comeback win at Northampton, the Cherry & Whites will be high on confidence going into this game. However, Gloucester head coach George Skivington is well aware of the threat posed by Sale’s Faf De-Klerk, […]
Gloucester’s Louis Rees-Zammit has been recalled to the Wales squad ahead of their Friday night encounter with France. It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks for the 21 year-old who was left disheartened after his omission from the Wales squad to face England in the previous round of the Six Nations. However, his performances have […]
Gloucester Rugby star man Mark Atkinson has been left in no-mans-land after being overlooked by England head coach Eddie Jones. With the Six Nations well underway, Atkinson, who has become a mainstay of the Gloucester Rugby setup, was surprisingly not selected to face Scotland, Italy or Wales. After travelling between camps, game time has been […]
Manu Tuilagi will miss England’s clash with Wales at Twickenham after sustaining a hamstring injury in training, whilst Gloucester’s Louis Rees-Zammit has been dropped by Wales. Tuilagi’s replacement in the England starting team on Saturday will be confirmed on the day, with Joe Marchant recalled to the squad. Courtney Lawes will resume captaincy duties for […]
Gloucester name Mark Atkinson and Louis Rees-Zammit in their matchday squad to travel to Gallagher Premiership leaders Leicester Tigers on Saturday Atkinson will start at inside-centre, while Rees-Zammit is named on the bench in a side that has five changes from their previous defeat to Exeter Chiefs in Round 17. Louis Rees-Zammit’s availability came as […]
The University of Gloucestershire men’s rugby team have begun preparations ahead of their Varsity bout against the University of Worcester in April. It was Worcester who came out on top on rival territory last year as they won at Plock Court in Gloucester. Hooker Noah Jenkins cast his mind back to that game but is […]
It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Wales international Louis Rees-Zammit, who started the Six Nations tournament as one-to-watch and was touted as a contender for the tournament’s top try-scorer. Fast forward to Wednesday this week, and the 21-year-old finds himself back at Gloucester with his club side preparing for their Premiership clash with […]